Entries from October 2010

EASTMAN – Barbara Griffin, 52, died Wednesday, September 29, 2010, in the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. Born in Savannah, she was the daughter of Lucille Ford of Eastman and the late Curtis “Coy” Ford. She had lived in Eastman for the past three years, moving from Braselton and had worked with Road Atlanta. Ms. Griffin was ...
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Among the many allegations made a year ago against City of Pendergrass officials was that city manager Rob Russell had abused his city credit card for personal expenses. It was an allegation that Russell strongly denied at the time and he was backed up by Mayor Monk Tolbert. “I would never, ever use my credit card for items not approved,” ...
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A town hall meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, in the Nicholson Community Center on the proposed special purpose local option sales tax. Paying off existing debts, repairing roads and adding recreation facilities are among the plans for using revenue from the one-cent special purpose local option sales revenue that is being ...
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A town hall meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 4, in the Nicholson Community Center on the proposed special purpose local option sales tax. Paying off existing debts, repairing roads and adding recreation facilities are among the plans for using revenue from the one-cent special purpose local option sales revenue that is being ...
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Madison County school leaders agreed Sept. 23 to chip in $5,000 for an engineer to explore funding options for a potential county sewerage system. The county school board joins the industrial authority and the cities of Danielsville, Hull, Colbert and Comer that have already approved the money to get the engineer’s study under way. The county ...
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Over 200 suspects were detained and multiple guns and drugs confiscated during a late night raid in Statham. Sgt. Ryan Sears of the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office said the raid was the result of a several months-long investigation. According to Sears, undercover investigators made several drug buys at a Statham residence. The home, located at ...
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Approximately 600 more students were enrolled in Barrow County Schools just after Labor Day, than were present on the first day of school, according to a student count report made to the Barrow County Board of Education at their Tuesday night called work meeting. The current student enrollment of 12,748 is up 191 from the same time last year. ...
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“There is literally no aspect of our economy or our society that the federal government doesn’t tax, regulate or subsidize, and often it does all three at the same time.” – from the Republican Party “Pledge to America.” At least they admit it. With a not-so-incredible grasp of the obvious and a completely self-serving sense of ...
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Auburn Police are investigating allegations that a two-year-old child was assaulted while at an Atlanta Highway day care. The child’s mother became alarmed after picking her child up from day care and finding two scratch marks on the child’s face and a large red mark on his neck. When the mother asked the afternoon day care teacher what had ...
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An auction to raise money for a cancer-stricken Barrow County detention officer raised over $3,000 according to event organizers. Twenty-seven year old detention officer Alexander Matlaga is in the last stages of terminal cancer. Fellow Sheriff’s Office personnel held the silent auction to help pay Matlaga’s medical expenses. “It was very ...
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